Black Lives Matter

Shaonta' Allen is Assistant Professor of Sociology and African and American American Studies at Dartmouth College, USA.Simone N. Durham is Faculty Lecturer of Sociology at Morgan State University and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Maryland College Park, USAAngela Jones is Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University, USA.

• Preface1. Background and HistoryThe Question of Black Humanity-Transatlantic Slave Trade and US Chattel Slavery (1619-1865)-Jim Crow Era of Legalized Segregation (1877-1964)-Post-Civil Rights Color-Blind Era (1965-Present)Black Liberation Movements throughout American History -Slavery Abolition Movement (1619-1865)-Early Civil Rights Organizing (1887-1910)-NAACP, Legal Battles, and Civil Rights (1910-1954)-Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968)-Black Power Movement (1966-1989)-Black Lives Matter Movement (2013- )Contentious Community-Police Relations -Pre-Institutionalized Policing: Slave Catching and Lynching-Institutionalized Policing and Racial Disparities-Contemporary Abolition and Community Oversight Initiatives-Policing Blackness in the Contemporary MomentFraming the Politics of BLM-Institutionalized Racism versus Individual Bad Behavior-Respectability Politics versus Unapologetically Black Politics-Intersectionality and Standpoint TheoryThe Role of Religion in Black ResistanceConclusionBibliography2. Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsBLM’s Organizational Structure-Black Lives Matter versus the Movement 4 Black Lives-Centralized versus Decentralized LeadershipDo All Black Lives Matter? BLM’s Intersectional Politics and Affiliate Movements-#SayHerName -#AllBlackLivesMatter-The Global Reach of BLMBLM’s Ideological and Rhetorical Controversies-#BlackLivesMatter versus #AllLivesMatter-#BlueLivesMatter and #ThinBlueLine-The American “Culture Wars”Digital Movement Equals Digital Controversies-Misinformation and Disinformation in the Digital Era-Citizen Journalism and the News Media Problematic-The Activism versus Slacktivism Debate-BLM in Media and Popular Culture-Desensitization and the Spectacle of Black Death“Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired”: The Issue of Activist Burnout-Causes of Activist Burnout-Symptoms and Implications-Potential SolutionsFrom Corporate to Community: The Political Economy of BLM-Corporate Engagement with Black Lives Matter-BLM’s Impact at the Community Level-BLM’s Financial ControversiesLegal Changes and Policy Implications-Institutional Shifts-Cultural Trends-Policy Outcomes-The Criminal Justice ProblemConclusionBibliography3. PerspectivesWhose Lives? Our Lives! Black Trans Lives Matter, Brayland BrownA Response to Many Violences: Reframing the Call to #SayHerName, Melissa BrownSocial Roots: The Birth and Rise of Black Lives Matter, Jonathan M. CoxStruggling to Catch My Breath: The Day-to-Day Experience of a Scholar Activist, Shaneda DestineNavigating State Surveillance as a Black Woman, April GoggansAt the Forefront: My Journey as a Youth Activist, Armonee D. JacksonGlobal Movement, Local Dynamics: How the BLM Movement Has Influenced Protests around the World, Saman Ayesha Kidwai and Daniel Odin ShawOpaque Movements and Captured Leadership, Dana Francisco MirandaWhen Black Disabled Lives Matter, Every Body and Mind Has Access to Freedom Dreams, Justine “Justice” Shorter“There Is No Capitalism without Racism”: Racial Capitalism and the BLM Movement, Saadia Toor and Ali Mir4. ProfilesIndividuals-Jennifer E. Cobbina-Ben Lloyd Crump (1969- )-Sybrina Fulton (1968- )-Alicia Garza (1981- )-Imara Jones (1972- ) -Colin Kaepernick (1987- )-Patrisse Khan-Cullors (1984- )-Barbara Ransby (1957- )-Kendrick Sampson (1988- )-Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (1972- )-Ayo (Opal) Tometi (1984- )Organizations-African American Policy Forum -Black Alliance for Just Immigration-Black to the Future Action Fund-Black Youth Project 100-Campaign Zero-Color of Change -Data for Black Lives -#8toAbolition-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People5. Documents“Justice Department Announces Findings of Two Civil Rights Investigations in Ferguson, Missouri,” Department of Justice Press Release (2015)“Statement of Vanita Gupta, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,” US Senate Committee of the Judiciary Oversight Hearing on Police Use of Force and Community Relations (2020) Jada Steuart, “Black Lives Matter Protests in Trinidad & Tobago Spark Discussions about Race” (2020)Keisha N. Blain, “A Short History of Black Women and Police Violence” (2020)Kwasi Konadu and Bright Gyamfi, “Black Lives Matter: How Far Has the Movement Come?” (2021)“Remarks by President Biden at Signing of H.R. 55, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act” (2022)6. ResourcesBooksAcademic Articles and ReportsNews ArticlesDocumentariesPodcasts and Videos7. ChronologyGlossaryIndex

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